The GJG would like to thank the following individuals in Mogadishu for their immediate support to the Justice Snapshot:
- The Chief Justice of Somalia, Bashe Yusuf Ahmed;
- The Minister of Justice, Hassan Hussein Haji; and
- The Commissioner of the Custodial Corps, General Bashir Md Jama
In addition, the GJG would like to thank the various members of the UN family in Mogadishu who provided valuable input into the design and content of the Justice Snapshot. They include:
- Albert Abou Hamra, UNOCHA for sharing the shape files (endorsed by the FGS and FMS) and containing the agreed maps and state boundaries on which all maps are based
- Martin Stobbs, UNHCR for sharing data on the flows of people displaced by conflict and environmental hardship
- Doel Mukerjee and Ruth Pfleiderer, UNDP JJP
- Rose Foran and Prabin Khadka, SDG 16 monitoring cell, UNDP
- Mitch Dufresne, Virginie Blanchard, Damian Klauss, UNSOM ROLSIG/JJP
- Gerard Smith, UN Police
- Adrien Parrin, UNODC
- Jesper Moller and Jean Lokenga, UNICEF
- Kirsten Young, UNSOM Human Rights and Protection Group
- Ana Silva Pedersen, Community Recovery and Extension of State Authority / Accountability (CRESTA)
- Alphonse Aka Attron and Raquel Pancada, UNSOS
- Thomas Newbould, Integrated Analysis Team, UNSOM
As well as the IDLO team in Mogadishu
- Adam-Shirwa Jama, Abdullahi Yusuf Mohammed and Elisa Barracu
And in Baidoa, we would like to thank in the judiciary:
- The President of the Supreme Court, Ahmed Ali Musa
- The President of the Regional Court, Sheikh Omar Md Nor and his brother judges:
- Sheikh Ibrahim Md. Ali and
- Sheikh Adam Md Ali
- The judges of the District Court: Adam Ali Hassan, Yusuf Isak Daud and
- Associate Judges: Hussein Md Abdul and Habiba Md Ahmed
In the Office of the Attorney General:
- Maye Sheikh Moalim Abdiyow, Attorney-General, SWS
- Issak Ali Ibrahim, Attorney-General, Bay region
- Abdulkadi Adam Ail, Deputy Attorney-General
In the Police:
- Abdullahi Ibrahim, Acting Police Commissioner
- Commander Mukhtar Ahmed Ibrahim, SPF
- Adam Abdi Nor, Head of Investigations
Among legal aid providers:
- Umoro Sora, Finn Church Aid (FCA)
- Hamed Ahmed Arun, DDG project Coordinator
- Abdikadir Gaid, InterSOS
- Ahmed Ali, Centre for Research and Dialogue (CRD)
- Mustafa Moalim, lawyer, Safe Somali Women and Children (SSWD)
- Md Osman, lawyer, Somali Women Development Centre (SWDC)
- Adam Mohammed, ISHA Human Rights
- Hassan Md Musa, lawyer, SSWD
- Md Osman, lawyer, SWDC – and
- Kaula Mohamed, Coordinator, Community Dispute Resolution House
In the Ministry of Justice:
- Md Hussein Hassan, Minister of Justice
- Md. Deck, Director-General, Ministry of Justice
- Abdisalam Osman, Senior Legal Draftsman, Ministry of Justice
- Abdulaziz Hassan Ibrahim, Director, Administration, Ministry of Justice
In Custodial Corps:
- General Adam Ali, Commander, Custodial Corps
- Ali Md. Omar, Deputy Commander
Our special thanks to the Minister of Justice who acted so promptly to form the Justice Snapshot Steering and to the principals of each institution for nominating their representatives to sit on the JSSC. And thanks to the JSSC in SWS for sitting. They are:
- MoJ: Abdikadir Derow Adan, Financial Associate
- Judiciary: Sheikh Omar Md. Nor, President, Regional Court
- Bar: Md. Osman, lawyer (SWDC)
- Prosecution: Issak Ali Ibrahim, A-G, Bay region
- Police: Adan Abdi Nor, Head Investigations, SPF
- Custodial Corps: Ali Md. Omar, Deputy Commander
Further thanks are due to those who have been working for many years in the justice sector for their advice and assistance. They include:
- Rakiya Omaar and Caitlin Lambert, The Horizon Institute
- Latif Ismail, Erin Gillette, Savannah Simons, Abdi Jama, Abdi Rubac, Muna Yusuf and Khayre Ali, Transparency Solutions
- Abdullahi Shirwa, Somali Peace Line
- Natasha Leite de Moura and her team in DDG
- Farrah Hussein and Rahma Abikar, Sahan
- Rahma Dualeh, Conflict Armament Research (CAR)
- Tanya Chopra, PACT
Finally, we thank those who have commissioned this work and their advisers:
- Graham Thompson and Hannah Chira, DFID
- Mark White and his team at First Call Partners
- Tim Lardner, Nieves Molina-Clemente, Amer Durrani, Zerihun Alemayehu Bikila, Niranga de Silva, UNOPS